Kremlin expects Putin to decide on cabinet picks today

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to make a decision on candidacies for the government that will be presented by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, TASS reports.

"Medvedev will voice the names, and the president will make a decision. We expect it today," the Kremlin spokesman said.

Answering the question on when appointments to the Russian presidential administration will be made, he said, "I don’t think that it will be today."